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Caenosclerogibba Yasumatsu

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chrysidoidea; Family: Sclerogibbidae)

Caenosclerogibba Yasumatsu, 1958. Type species: Caenosclerogibba japonica Yasumatsu 1958.

Distribution

Afrotropical region: Madagascar, Yemen. Neotropical region: Ecuador, Mexico. Oriental region: China, India, Japan, Nepal.

Biology

Ectoparasitoids of Embiidina (= Embioptera) nymphs.

References

Yasumatsu K., 1958 - A new addition to the genera of the Sclerogibbidae (Hymenopter). Kontyű, 26: 20-24.

Martynova KV, Olmi M, Müller P, Perkovsky EE. 2019. Description of the first sclerogibbid wasp (Hymenoptera: Sclerogibbidae) from Burmese (Myanmar) amber and its phylogenetic significance. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 0: 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2018.1551250

Olmi, M. & Copeland, R.S. & Guglielmino, A. 2015. An updated checklist of Dryinidae, Embolemidae and Sclerogibbidae (Hymenoptera) of Kenya and Burundi, with descriptions of thirteen new species. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55(1): 333-380.

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